Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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The fall playoffs kick off today for six Long Beach sports teams as two Long Beach Poly squads as well as a team each from Millikan, Lakewood, Compton and Jordan all open their postseason journeys. Two other volleyball teams will start play tomorrow. We’ll have live updates on https://x.com/562sports from all three home games as […]

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At the midway point of the Moore League girls’ volleyball season, things are all evened up. Long Beach Poly swept Lakewood Tuesday afternoon to force a first-place tie between the Jackrabbits and Lancers, with Millikan and Wilson just one game back. Poly was dominant in a road sweep of the Lancers, winning 25-21, 25-10, 25-15. […]